In the first two months of this year, Peruvian exports amounted to US$10.339 billion, up 9.1% over the same period in 2023 (US$9.473 billion), the
Peruvian Exporters Association (Adex) has reported.
Likewise, Adex highlighted that this result registered a positive performance for the sixth consecutive month.
After declining 4.7% in August last year, foreign sales increased in September (3%), October (8.1%), November (15%), December (1.1%), January (12.9%), and last February (5.4%).
Moreover, half of the 14 segments exported in the first two months presented negative figures.
That is the case of hydrocarbons, in the primary sector, as well as textiles, clothing, fishing for direct human consumption, metalworking, non-metallic mining and wood, in the non-traditional sectors.
Traditional sector
Mining led traditional exports at US$6.093 billion (up 21.4%), explained by greater volume of copper, despite lower international prices in February, and by an increase in the volume of raw gold.
Non-traditional sector
As for value-added shipments, the main activity was agribusiness (US$1.639 billion), which posted a rise of 8%. However, when analyzing January and February in detail, an increase of 22% was observed in the first month, whereas February experienced a reduction of 7.9%.
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Publicado: 7/4/2024